Richard the Lionheart and SaladinRichard the Lionheart and Saladin are known as some of the greatest leaders and warriors to fight in The Crusades. The book Warriors of God, by James Reston describes these two men throughout their battles in the Third Crusade. Many portrayals of these two men are either ones that make them look like the kindest of any of the Crusaders or some of the meanest, most gruesome men to fight. James Reston does a very good job of finding a medium between the two and gives the reader a good understanding of what these two great leaders were like without being biased.

Richard the Lionheart was portrayed by Reston as one of the greatest Crusaders of all. After reading this book, the reader would not be able to help holding him in higher regards than anyone else that he or she would hear about. The author depicts Richard as a great leader and commander throughout the book. He continually shows examples of Richard's leadership and ability to control and motivate his army. Time after time he gets his men to fight for him. Most men would eventually get sick of this. Having been away from their families and loved ones for so long, they would have stop putting in effort and waited to go home. Granted each soldier was promised that he would automatically go to the Holy Land upon death after fighting in the Holy War, but it was still very impressive the way that his men stuck by him throughout the entire thing and didn't lose faith in him. Towards the end of the book, there is a battle at Jaffa where his army goes against what is said to be an army four times greater than that of the Christians. Somehow Richard the Lionheart rallies his army to completely dominate and destroy the Muslims to decisively win the final battle of the Third Crusade. It is even said that the win was so one sided that the Muslims had lost 700 men and the Crusaders only 2.

Although Richard the Lionheart is known for his greatness and even sometimes...

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